Category: Jersey City News

Last year, when Rene Safarova-Gonzalez opened the doors to Bambino Chef at 213 Newark Ave. to kids from the Jersey City Boys and Girls Club, she got the shock of her life. “These were 20 or 30 kids from the lowest-income families in the city, and they lived right around the corner from here,” she …

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Rain put a slight damper on the activities that marked Jersey City’s 27th World AIDS Day Observance in City Hall on Dec. 1, and may have reduced the gathering to the small but dedicated group who were able to attend. The weather prevented the participants from conducting the traditional candle light ritual outdoors, but two …

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Even though Lindsey Andrews and Lara Crystal, the founders of the alcohol delivery service Minibar, grew up within a few blocks of each other in Manhattan, they didn’t get to know each other until they attended business school a few years ago. Andrews and Crystal started to meet on Tuesdays to brainstorm about creating a …

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Gina McCarthy, administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), made her first trip to Jersey City on Nov. 21 and visited Berry Lane Park, which she cited as an example of successful collaboration between all levels of government. The EPA has provided federal funds to transform a formerly-industrialized community eyesore into the largest park …

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Joe Lux wasn’t born to play chess; it just seems like he was. He wandered into New York City’s Washington Square Park when he was still in high school and saw people seated at tables there, playing. “I just watched what they did,” he said. Born in Manhattan, Lux moved to Jersey City when still …

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At the first Board of Education meeting after the Nov. 4 board election, in which a slate of teachers’ union-supported candidates was elected, it was apparent very little has changed. Teachers and Jersey City Education Association (JCEA) officials showed up and delivered a barrage of complaints then walked out, and in turn, school administrators and …

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After reading a story in the Hudson Reporter, some local hospitals and businesses have signed on to an effort to send needed supplies to Ebola-stricken West Africa, including the hospital and health care operator CarePoint Health. “CarePoint saw the story in the Hudson Reporter and reached out to us,” said Elijah Wells of Jersey City, …

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After several months on the back burner, the proposed $14 million City Hall Annex for Martin Luther King Drive will likely be approved by the City Council at the Dec. 17 meeting, over the objections of Councilman Michael Yun. The council is expected to authorize a 25-year agreement with a developer who will build the …

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Sewage line break causes water warning Raw sewage flowed into the upper bay area of New York Harbor nearly Liberty State Park all the way to the Kill Van Kull at the tip of Bayonne after a sewer main ruptured on Nov. 20. “Crews located the leak yesterday afternoon (Nov. 23) and have begun repairs, …

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